All the Colors of the Dark – The BOLO Books Review

The epic scope of a tale like Homer’s The Odyssey resonates universally because at its core it is simply the story of man on a journey home—albeit a circuitous route fraught with peril and temptation at every unplanned turn. While it is a completely different type of...

Amelia and Agatha

From the Booking Desk: This past weekend at the Malice Domestic crime fiction convention, I was honored to be the Amelia Award Honoree. At the banquet I gave a speech from my heart which seems to have resonated with the assembled crowd–calling for more...

We Are What We Read – Episode Twelve

Episode Twelve of my new YouTube vlog WE ARE WHAT WE READ is now available for you to enjoy. On this episode, my co-host Shawn Reilly Simmons and I are joined by guests Emse Addison, Jessie Chandler, Katrina Niidas Holm, Penny Manson, Frances Schoonmaker, and Holly...

We Are What We Read – Episode Eleven

Episode Eleven of my new YouTube vlog WE ARE WHAT WE READ is now available for you to enjoy. On this episode, my co-host Shawn Reilly Simmons and I are joined by guests Donna Andrews, Glen Erik Hamilton, Leslie Karst, Kim Powers, Grace Topping, and Sandra SG Wong. The...

Read “Ticket to Ride” for Free

From the Booking Desk: By now you have probably heard that the short short I wrote in collaboration with Dru Ann Love has been nominated for a Agatha Award for Best Short Story of the Year. Those winners will be announced at this year’s Malice Domestic...

We Are What We Read – Episode Ten Available

Episode Ten of my new YouTube vlog WE ARE WHAT WE READ is now available for you to enjoy. On this episode, my co-host Shawn Reilly Simmons and I are joined by guests Valerie (V. M.) Burns, Annette Dashofy, Clair Lamb, Tara Laskowski, K. T. Nguyen, and Deb Wells. The...